RALEIGH -- North Carolina's largest teacher group is unhappy with Gov. Pat McCrory's budget because it didn't contain raises for the longest-serving instructors.

The North Carolina Association of Education estimated Thursday 1,500 teachers and instructional personnel with at least 37 years' experience would get no increase under last week's proposal. Other teachers would get raises from about 2 percent to more than 7 percent. NCAE President Rodney Ellis says the governor is putting the most experienced teachers at the bottom of his priority list.

"You know its another one of those shell games where we just aren't getting accurate information."